Willie3
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Any updates concerning this brew?
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Please let us know.
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Finally a fruit beer.
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BarleyWater
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I just remembered this thread. Never wrapped it up.
The beer came out good, I've only got 12 or so left. Next time I will probably add some lactose because it could have been a little sweeter, and cluster wasn't the best hop choice.
It still has never cleared but is well aged by now and is actually one of the best fruit beers i have ever had. Even though it is lacking somewhat in sweetness, many people have said that that is what they dislike about other fruit beers, so this one is right up there alley.
I also never got a lot of carbonation on this one, and it probably would have been good a little on the higher side of the carb level, so more priming sugar next time, probably 1 cup of corn sugar.
I have actually done a lot of re-working the recipe, here is the new one. The first is good, and if you would prefer a little less sweetness, thats the way to go, I am going to try to up the sweetness a little though. This should be great, I'm going to also try it with a pond of munich instead of the lactose to see how the malty sweetness makes it. The malt is broken up because I add half at the end to aid in hop utilization.
Type: Extract
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 3.00 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.00 lb Fruit - Raspberry, other fruits (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 45.3 %
3.00 lb Wheat Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 22.6 %
3.00 lb Wheat Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 22.6 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3.8 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3.8 %
1.00 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00%] (60 min) Hops 15.0 IBU
0.25 lb Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 1.9 %
1 Pkgs American Wheat Ale (Wyeast Labs #1010) Yeast-Ale
Est Original Gravity: 1.061 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.4 %
The beer came out good, I've only got 12 or so left. Next time I will probably add some lactose because it could have been a little sweeter, and cluster wasn't the best hop choice.
It still has never cleared but is well aged by now and is actually one of the best fruit beers i have ever had. Even though it is lacking somewhat in sweetness, many people have said that that is what they dislike about other fruit beers, so this one is right up there alley.
I also never got a lot of carbonation on this one, and it probably would have been good a little on the higher side of the carb level, so more priming sugar next time, probably 1 cup of corn sugar.
I have actually done a lot of re-working the recipe, here is the new one. The first is good, and if you would prefer a little less sweetness, thats the way to go, I am going to try to up the sweetness a little though. This should be great, I'm going to also try it with a pond of munich instead of the lactose to see how the malty sweetness makes it. The malt is broken up because I add half at the end to aid in hop utilization.
Type: Extract
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 3.00 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.00 lb Fruit - Raspberry, other fruits (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 45.3 %
3.00 lb Wheat Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 22.6 %
3.00 lb Wheat Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 22.6 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3.8 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3.8 %
1.00 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00%] (60 min) Hops 15.0 IBU
0.25 lb Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 1.9 %
1 Pkgs American Wheat Ale (Wyeast Labs #1010) Yeast-Ale
Est Original Gravity: 1.061 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.4 %
Torchiest
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I can't believe I never mentioned that in any of my replies. I used a pound of lactose in my raspberry wit. It wasn't sweet at all before, and it came out just right afterwards. I also used Centennial, which seems to fit nicely. Just my two cents.
looks great! Love that color!
